Devils secure four-point weekend

Photo: William Cherry

Cardiff Devils made it a four-point weekend with a one-goal win over Belfast Giants on Saturday night in front of 6,357 fans at the SSE Arena.

After the teams skated through the opening 20 minutes scoreless, Jamie Arniel had an excellent chance to open the scoring early in the second period but could only find Tyler Beskorowany's shoulder. The Giants thought they'd got the game's first goal 7:18 into period two but a no-goal call on the ice was upheld on video review to check if the puck had crossed the line or not - and if it had, how.

Evan Mosey finally broke the deadlock with 28:22 played, drifting unmarked into the slot and firing home a Trevor Cox pass. The middle period ended with the Giants outshooting their guests some 31-9.

Belfast were level with 14:58 left in period three. An innocuous-looking shot  shot from Sean Norris saw the rebound off Bowns come straight back into the slot for Kohei Sato to fire home and tie things up. In what was a tight period, Cole Sanford put the Devils back ahead with 5:17 left on the clock as his shot from a sharp angle bounced off Beskorowany and over the line. However, the Giants answered almost immediately and tied the game through Greg Printz's redirect of a Charlie Curti shot with just over three minutes left in regulation. 

With 47 seconds left, Sanford won the puck on the Devils' blue line and raced away before beating Beskorowany to give the Devils a dramatic, late winner.